| ID | 5534 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | darbar sahib complex |
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| Rough Address/Area | Katra Ahluwalia |
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| City/District | Amritsar |
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| State | Punjab |
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| Location Latitude | 31.62257385 |
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| Location Longitude | 74.87946320 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (main) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Place of worship |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | 100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park) |
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| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I visited frequently |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Always: I saw sparrows every day |
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| Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see? | A large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 100 birds |
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| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I would like to share and clarify that whenever i used to visit darbar sahib I got to see fairly large number of sparrows every time chirping on two particular trees inside the complex which even had religious sanctity..it was like reliving my childhood when all this a part my own household but alas now i happen to see tham back home once in a while..
how much i want this melody to come back to my neighbourhood..
miss those little cute things which were the first birds my mom introduced me to..and around whom my definition of chidiya(chidi as it is said in punjab) revolved for long.. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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